Alexandra Wilson

Alexandra Wilson is Professor of Music and Cultural History at Oxford Brookes University and author of Opera in the Jazz Age: Cultural Politics in 1920s Britain. She tweets at @amwilson_opera

The phoney courage of disdaining classical music

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The problem with modern period drama

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Increase access, yes, but don’t restrict movement

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The cliché of Britain as “the land without music” was disproved

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What does the BBC have against classical music?

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We shouldn’t accept the decline of the high street

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Tired stereotypes enable philistine governance

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